Floating shoe



June 2, 1925.

K. HASHIMOTO FLOATING SHOE Filed July 1, 1924 gmmm ZLA'WMZL MW? Patented a... 2, 1925.

IKIGHINOSUKE HASHIMOIO, F TOKYO, JAPAN.

FLOATING SHOE.

Application filed July 1,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KIGHINOSUKE HASHI MOTO, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at No. 18 Minami-Igacho, Yotsuyakn, in the city of Tokyo and Empire of Japan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Floating Shoes, of which Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device con-' structed according to this invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof, Fig. 3 is a cross section, Fig. 4 is a detail showing a perspective view of one of the paddles.

Referring now to the drawings, numeral 1. indicates a float which is oblong with its both ends pointed. This float l is provided at one end with an air'valve 2. Upper and lower plates -3, 3 are divided into sections, each section being hinged at 4., so that each plate 3 may be folded when the device is disassembled. Said upper and lower plates 3, 3 are attached to the central part of the float 1, on opposite sides, by means of bolts and nuts 5, as shown in the drawings. A

40 shoe plate or foot-rest 6. is hinged at 7 to the middle part of the upper plate 3. Pivotally mounted to the lower plate 3 are two or more depending paddles '8, each of which is so arranged that it is permitted to swing about the axis 9 to one direction but is prevented from swinging to the opposite. direction.

In operation, air is forced into thefioat 1 through the valve 2 by meansof suitable.

1924. Serial No. 723,590.

air pump, thereby inflating the circumferential part A, B. The walker wears the de-' vice, one on each foot; by means of the footrest 6, and he walks floating on water. When advance, the paddles 8 come in a position shown in dotted lines, and will not offer considerable resistance to the water. 011 the other hand, when an attempt is made to force the device back, the paddles 8 will suddenly return to the upright position shown in full lines, and thus the device is prevented from retreat.

It will be seen that by dismounting the paddles 8 and bolts and nuts 5 the device may be folded up into a small size, and consequently that it may be easily carried.

In this device, as before mentioned, the central part of the float 1 is tightened up from both sides by the-plates 3, maintaining the surrounding part A, B inflated, and the foot-rest 6 is arranged at the middle part of said plate. Over any heretofore known device, this construction has an advantage that a better stability may be maintained,

v and consequently it enables the wearer, even an unskilled person, to keep his body stable.

Another advantage in this construction lies in that small things if desired may be car'- ried on at the central part, since the device I is depressed at said part.

What I- claim is:

1. A floating shoe comprising an oblong float provided with upper and lower plates secured to the central part thereof on opposite sides, leaving only the surrounding endless partthereof adapted to be inflated.

2. A floating shoe comprising an oblong float provided with upper andlower'plates secured to the central part thereof on opposite sides, leaving only the surrounding endless part thereof adapted to be inflated, and twoor more depending paddles which are pivotally mounted to said lower plate in a manner that they swingfto one direction butare prevented to swing to the other.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

KICHINOSUKE HASHIMOTO, f 

